10 USC § 776 - Applicability of chapter

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title: "10 USC § 776 - Applicability of chapter"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "776"
section_name: "Applicability of chapter"
chapter_number: 45
chapter_name: "THE UNIFORM"
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source_credit: "(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 36, § 774; Pub. L. 99–661, div. A, title XIII, § 1343(a)(1), Nov. 14, 1986, 100 Stat. 3992; Pub. L. 100–26, § 3(6), Apr. 21, 1987, 101 Stat. 273; renumbered § 775, Pub. L. 100–180, div. A, title V, § 508(a)(1), Dec. 4, 1987, 101 Stat. 1086; renumbered § 776, Pub. L. 102–484, div. A, title III, § 377(a)(1), Oct. 23, 1992, 106 Stat. 2386.)"
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# § 776. Applicability of chapter

This chapter applies in—

**(1)** the United States;

**(2)** the territories, commonwealths, and possessions of the United States; and

**(3)** all other places under the jurisdiction of the United States.

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 36, § 774; Pub. L. 99–661, div. A, title XIII, § 1343(a)(1), Nov. 14, 1986, 100 Stat. 3992; Pub. L. 100–26, § 3(6), Apr. 21, 1987, 101 Stat. 273; renumbered § 775, Pub. L. 100–180, div. A, title V, § 508(a)(1), Dec. 4, 1987, 101 Stat. 1086; renumbered § 776, Pub. L. 102–484, div. A, title III, § 377(a)(1), Oct. 23, 1992, 106 Stat. 2386.)

| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 774 | 10:1393 (less 1st and last pars.). | June 3, 1916, ch. 134, § 125 (less 1st and last pars.), 39 Stat. 216; Apr. 15, 1948, ch. 188, 62 Stat. 172; June 25, 1948, ch. 645, § 21 (as applicable to § 125 of the Act of June 3, 1916, ch. 134), 62 Stat. 864; May 24, 1949, ch. 139, §§ 15(b) (less last par.), 142 (as applicable to the Act of Apr. 15, 1948, ch. 188), 63 Stat. 91, 110. |

The words “the Canal Zone, Guam, American Samoa, and the Virgin Islands as well as to * * * other” are omitted as covered by the words “possessions, and all other places under its jurisdiction”.

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1992— renumbered  as this section.

1987— renumbered  as this section.

amended directory language of . See 1986 Amendment note below.

1986—, as amended by , amended section generally. Prior to amendment, section read as follows: “This chapter applies in the United States, the Territories, Commonwealths, and possessions, and all other places under its jurisdiction.”

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1987 Amendment

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